Resources for Keeping our Planet Blue
Oysters are filter-feeders. That means they suck in the water around them, filtering out the plankton and bits of dead animals and waste that they eat, then spit the water back out, free of that …
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A new island formed off the coast of Pakistan in the Arabian Sea last week. The island showed up suddenly after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit Pakistan. Scientists said the island likely formed from …
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The USGS recently announced they are monitoring nitrates in real time to help study dead zones. What is a dead zone and why does it matter? A dead zone is an area of a water body that contains very …
Fisheries ranges are moving due to climate change. Scientists had expected marine animals to move toward the poles to escape the warming waters. What they found is that many animals have, but animals …
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This week, TEPCO confirmed what everyone else has known for a while: the Fukushima Daichi nuclear plant is leaking radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. Earlier this month, Japan's Nuclear …
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Global warming is bringing all sorts of change to ecosystems. Glass sponges are turning out to be one of the beneficiaries. Glass sponges are a class of sponge made of silicate skeletons. Most of …
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